Hosea 13:16:4Hos.13.16.W4TABWLC Hosea 14:1
מָרְתָ֖ה
marteha
“she rebelled”
- Transliteration
- mar-te-HA
- Extended
- maar-teh-HAA
- IPA
- /mar.θaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she rebelled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-te-HA
- phraseyour reading level
KI mar-te-HA
- clause
tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha
- sentence
tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the perfect martah {מָרְתָה | mārᵊṯāh} ‘she rebelled’, marking a completed covenant breach.
In context — Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God ; by the sword they shall fall, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped open.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Hosea 13:16, so the Hebrew word מָרְתָ֖ה (marteha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Hos.13.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.16.W4.S1) and character.